Jacquard Loom
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The '''Jacquard Loom''', introduced in 1801, was the first device to use a [[punched card]] to control its operations, predating the computer by many years. Charles Babbage's never-completed Analytic Engine, later in the 19th century, was to have used punch cards, perhaps inspired by this loom. | The '''Jacquard Loom''', introduced in 1801, was the first device to use a [[punched card]] to control its operations, predating the computer by many years. Charles Babbage's never-completed Analytic Engine, later in the 19th century, was to have used punch cards, perhaps inspired by this loom. | ||
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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacquard_loom Jacquard Loom] on Wikipedia | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacquard_loom Jacquard Loom] on Wikipedia | ||
* [http://boingboing.net/2013/01/21/jacquard-looms-videos-demonst.html Videos demonstrating Jacquard Loom] | * [http://boingboing.net/2013/01/21/jacquard-looms-videos-demonst.html Videos demonstrating Jacquard Loom] | ||
| + | * [http://www.historyofinformation.com/expanded.php?id=2245 The Most Famous Image in the Early History of Computing] | ||
Latest revision as of 23:33, 26 June 2014
The Jacquard Loom, introduced in 1801, was the first device to use a punched card to control its operations, predating the computer by many years. Charles Babbage's never-completed Analytic Engine, later in the 19th century, was to have used punch cards, perhaps inspired by this loom.
